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CVE-2022-2816

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0212.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Fedoraproject — FedoraVIM — VIM

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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